> I would like my stand-alone application, built with LV 6.1 builder, > not to start running upon clicking on it. In otherwords, I just want > it to open up the front panel and wait for the user to click on the > run button before actually start running. Although I have NOT selected > 'RUN on OPEN' in the VI properties, the application starts running as > soon as it is clicked on. > Can someone suggest a solution for this? >
It takes a little bit of code, but the best way to do this is to write your app to start running and wait for user action to start its first task -- reading, writing, etc. If it is still a single-shot app, just put a loop in front of the code that checks the buttons that will make it leave that loop and start its task. Use dataflow from the loop to keep other parts of your code waiting for the answer. Of course you can also use a sequence for this, but a single frame sequence is all that is necessary. If your app needs to be able to reset or rerun the task, you might want to put a loop around the entire app, and add the logic to make a simple state machine. You are either waiting to start a task, or executing some part of the task. When the task is over, you move to another state, like waiting. Greg McKaskle
